Rickettsia parkeri in gulf coast ticks, Southeastern Virginia, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 896-898

  Wright, Chelsea L ^a   Nadolny, Robyn M ^a   Jiang, Ju ^b   Richards, Allen L ^b   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^a   Gaff, Holly D ^a   Hynes, Wayne L ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; SUMMER; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; GENES, BACTERIAL; RICKETTSIA; TICKS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 79955756116     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1705.101836     Document Type: Article

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